I think it’s safe to say that gamble didn’t pay off, in hindsight.
If you want to make that play you have to go scorched earth on the party establishment like Trump did in the republican primaries in 2016, Bernie didn't do that, he critized the system but never the elites, if you want to convince people that you will fight for them, you have to actually show it. Why would Bernie never critique the failed Obama presidency? why did he keep going around saying "Joe Biden is my good friend", it's because he's more worried about not becoming Ralph Nader and being good friends with the democratic establishment.
If you want to make that play you have to go scorched earth on the party establishment like Trump did in the republican primaries in 2016, Bernie didn't do that, he critized the system but never the elites, if you want to convince people that you will fight for them, you have to actually show it. Why would Bernie never critique the failed Obama presidency? why did he keep going around saying "Joe Biden is my good friend", it's because he's more worried about not becoming Ralph Nader and being good friends with the democratic establishment.
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